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unthaws

unthaws is the third-person singular simple present indicative of unthaw.

Meaning of unthaw

Verb

unthaw (third-person singular simple present unthaws, present participle unthawing, simple past and past participle unthawed)

  1. (ambitransitive) To thaw out, to unfreeze; to become soft (of something which had been frozen).
    • The water steamed and bubbled around me. I felt a rush of gratitude for it, that it should well up out of the mountain, bathe my aching body, and unthaw my frozen limbs.2006, Lian Hearn, Grass for his pillow: The way through the snow

Questions about unthaws

What is unthaws the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Unthaws is the third-person singular simple present indicative of unthaw.

Words near unthaws in the dictionary

  1. unthatching
  2. unthaw
  3. unthawable
  4. unthawed
  5. unthawing
  6. unthaws
  7. untheatric
  8. untheatrical
  9. untheatricality
  10. untheatricalized
  11. untheatrically

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